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The Department of Surgery at the Ohio State University Medical Center offers a one- or two-year ACGME-accredited fellowship in surgical critical care. The program is based at Ohio State's Medical Center and the Arthur G. James Cancer Hospital and Richard J. Solove Research Institute, the primary teaching facilities of the Ohio State University College of Medicine. FacilitiesOhio State's Medical Center is a tertiary-care Level I trauma and burn center serving a wide geographic area with a large population. Each year, nearly 24,000 operations encompassing all disciplines of surgery are performed, more than 1,600 trauma and burn patients are admitted, and more than 400 trauma patients are transported to the Medical Center by helicopter service. Ohio State's James Cancer Hospital and Solove Research Institute, which is adjacent to the Medical Center, is one of 39 hospitals in the nation designated as a Comprehensive Cancer Center by the National Cancer Institute. Rotations in pediatric critical care are available at Columbus Children’s Hospital, a Level I trauma center. The surgical critical care unit at Ohio State is a 44-bed, state-of-the-art facility that houses the general surgery, neurosurgery, and cardiothoracic surgery intensive care units. The medical center also has a burn intensive care unit. These units are co-directed and staffed by faculty from the Departments of Surgery and Anesthesiology (Section of Surgical Critical Care and Trauma), all of whom are certified in critical care. More than 2,400 patients are admitted to the surgical critical care units each year. CurriculumThe curriculum provides advanced clinical training in all aspects of surgical critical care. Areas of particular emphasis include:
A second year devoted to clinical trauma surgery and clinical or basic research is available. Critical care fellows participate in the clinical and basic science research projects of the Section of Surgical Critical Care. Trainees who complete the critical care fellowship receive a master of medical science degree. Two fellowship positions are available each year. Applicants must have completed at least three years of clinical training in an accredited residency program in general surgery, neurological surgery, urology, or anesthesiology. Application InformationFor an application or more information on the Surgical Critical Care Training Program, contact the address below. Return the completed application to the same address. Selected applicants will be invited for a personal interview. For more information, contact: |